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The Vicar Takes A Wife

A jaded American prostitute is won by a shy English vicar in a poker game, then tries to convince his prejudiced parish that she’s his wife. When a former client blackmails her, she must choose between saving herself or the vicar’s reputation.

  • Victoria Keffer
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    101
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Best Reading of a Feature Script, 2019 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
    Fort Worth, TX
    July 27, 2019
    Best Reading of a Feature Script
  • 4th Place Western Feature Screenplay, 2021 The Wild Bunch Film Festical

    4th Place Western Feature Screenplay
  • Best First Time Female Screenwriter, 2024 Cowpokes Int’l Film Festival
Writer Biography - Victoria Keffer

Victoria Keffer is a scriptwriter, author and editor. She's worked on an eclectic range of books, from devotionals to science fiction, along with 109 children's stories and her novels THE VICAR TAKES A WIFE (Christian romance) and PURPLE SKY WOMAN (sci-fi historical fiction). Her screenplay adaptation of her novel, THE VICAR TAKES A WIFE, is a 2x finalist for Best Script and 2x winner (Best Reading of a Feature Script, 4th Place Best Western Feature). Her pilot script for DECLARATION, a sitcom-variety show in development, is a multi-nominee for semifinalist and finalist for Best TV Script.

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Writer Statement

After reading the Book of Hosea in the Bible, I thought, "What if God told a modern-day minister to marry a prostitute? What would the Church think about him? What if in happened in MY church?" That brought up all kinds of ideas about hypocritical, judgmental believers and doing the crazy things that God sometimes tells us to do despite them. Being brought up in church and having gone to Bible school as well as worked at one, I've had lots of opportunity for observation.

Thus was born THE VICAR TAKES A WIFE, a historical romantic dramedy about a jaded American prostitute who is won by a shy English vicar in a poker game, then tries to convince his prejudiced parish that she's his wife, When a former client blackmails her, she must choose between saving herself or the vicar’s reputation.

Set in 1877, it features a wild and woolly cast of characters you'd like to meet and love to hate. It's a story about saints and sinners, schemes and dreams, and what people do when they are hurt and scared.

Based on the story of Hosea and Gomer from the Bible and inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, BBC period dramas, and good old American westerns, THE VICAR TAKES A WIFE is a Mr. Darcy-goes-west, fast-paced tale of love, lies, and redemption.